The inside job that cost ransomware victims millions

A DigitalMint negotiator secretly shared clients' negotiation strategies and insurance limits with the BlackCat/ALPHV ransomware gang and later became an affiliate, enabling ransomware attacks that resulted in over $75 million in ransoms from multiple victims (including healthcare, retail, financial, nonprofit, and medical companies); the conspirators were prosecuted and sentenced, highlighting serious failures in insider vetting and monitoring.